St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-17

has issued the following: "A preliminary
contract has been executed between the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company Barring
Bros. & Co. and Brown, Shipley & Co., Lon
don and their allied houses on this side.
This contract provides for the negotiation Of
s9,0O0,00O Baltimore and Ohio consolidated
nves. S5O00,0 600 Baltimore and Ohio preferred
stock for the purpose of paying off the ELL
tire floating debt of the company and plac-
ing it on sound financial basis" The
principal conditions are that the manage
ment Of the company shall be placed in
competent hands satisfactory to the syndi-
cate, and that the Baltimore and Ohio
''avoid construction or threat of construc-
ton of expensive parallel lines north and
east of Philadelphia" The houses inter-
ested on this side are Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
Drexel & Co., Brown Bros. and Xidder, Pea
body & Co.
BY direction of the Dominion minister of
the interior, Mr.. Drake. one of the Dominion
solicitors for British Columbia, has left for
Alaska, presumably to inquire into the re-
cent seizure of British sealing vessels in
Alaskan waters.
A dispatch from st. J John, New Brunswick.
says the cruiser Intrepid captured an Ameri-
can schooner fishing within the three-mile
limit off Campobello and took her into port.
A conference between Governor Adams
and General Crook resulted in Crooks agree
ing to place two companies of government
troops on the line between the Unitah reser-
vation and Colorado for the protection of
settlers, and hereafter to keep Utes out OF
Colorado. The Utes are to have their horses
returned and be paid out OF the surplus Of
their own annuity for such stock as has been
lost.
At a meeting of the coke superintendent
of the Connellsville region, held at Everson,
it was decided that where inequalities in
wages existed at the different works they
should be reconciled, 80 that a uniform scale
would prevail throughout the region" 1t
is understood, however. that they will not
agree to any equalization which would re-
suit in general advance in the present scale
of wages.
Congressman Mills, of Texas, says he is
preparing a tariff bill for admission to the
next United States House of Representatives.
It will propose large reductions in the duties
on iron. steel, cotton ana WOOL
A private dispatch received at the Navy
Department says that on the trial trip of the
new cruiser Boston she succeeded in devel-
oping more horse power than the $500 re-
quired by the contract with her builders.
During August there was decrease of
s737, $40 in the total circulation and an in
crease of SO, ZIG, 200 in the treasury.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
clared final dividend of ten per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the City National
Bank of Williamsport. Pa. This makes
with previous dividends, 100 per cent. and in
terest in full on claims proved, amounting to
S13O,772 The bank failed on Maya, 1886.
The Ohio Oil Company has been formed at
Lima, o., by producers who intend to market
their own product and cut loose from the
Standard Oil Company in that regard. The
capital is placed at $500, 900.
Truman L. Hodge. in December. 1885,
making final proof of entry on homestead
in the land district of Helena, Mon,
was charged s40O by the local officers at the
time of accepting the proof. This was in
spite of the fact that no money payment
was required by law. The claimant has
since applied for refund of the money, on
the ground of its illegal exaction. The case
was carried to the general land office, where
the action of the local officers was sustained
and repayment refused. An appeal was
then taken to the Secretary of the Interior,
who, in his decision, refers to the transaction
as surprising and mysterious" and orders
an investigation of the facts.
Collector Saltonstall, at Boston, has sus-
pended Joseph w. Thayer from his position
of acting captain of night inspectors at the
custom house. He is charged with being an
Offensive partisan"
The State Department has received infor-
nation regarding the recent military seizure
of the custom-house at Havana, and the
resulting disturbances. The report says that
"these occurrences greatly excited public
feeling in Havana, and that they are regarded
as indications of deep-rooted corruption in
fiscal administration, a precarious economic
situation, and decay of material prosperity"
The Illinois Democratic State central com
mittee met in Chicago, and, by vote of
thirteen to ten, adopted resolution request
ing the Federal authorities to investigate the
alleged connection of the well-known Demo-
cratic editor and postmaster, H. W. Glen
denim, of Springfield, with the corrupt legis-
lative printing combine" and that, if since
the State Senate report on the subject he has
upheld the combine" he be Immediately
dismissed from the office as unfit for any
position of honor, trust or profit under the
present national administration.
Later reports of the great storm in Texas
say that all the bridges in Hill county were
washed away, and the damage to crops and
farms will reach 100000 In Basque county
and along the line Of the Santa Fe railroad
much damage was also done. The Missouri
Pacific railroad have nearly 1000 men at
work on repairs near Grand View. A train
on the road was detained on the prairie be-
tween Itasca and Grand View for three days
and many of the passengers suffered severely
for want of food.
A dispatch from Tucson, Ariz., says a
heavy earthquake shock has been felt there.
It lasted seven seconds. The oscillations
were northwest to southeast.
The Hadley Mill Company sustained loss
of about $4,000 by fire at their mill in
Holyoke, Mass. The loss is covered by in
surance.
The funeral of Bishop Harris has taken